Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.
OrigenThe physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.
OrigenWhat good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if he is not born again in my heart through faith?
OrigenThe soul has neither beginning nor end [They] come into this world strengthened by the victories or weakened by the defeats of their previous lives
Origen